Abandon Ship

I checked on the score of the Bulls’ game on the West Coast last night before going to bed; it was tied at 69 in the third quarter against the Warriors, the worst team in the NBA at 3-15.  Check that.  The Warriors are now 4-15 after beating the visitors from Chi-town by a score of 104-90.  Short of divine intervention, the 6-13 Bulls are headed to another lost season.  If you’ll pardon the holiday pun, it’s time to pull the plug on this turkey.

The team rebuild is going nowhere in its third year.  That should mean bye-bye to Gar Forman, the GM who collected the “talent”; coach Jim Boylen, who talks a far better game than he executes from the sideline; and the players.  I’d start with the core.

Yes, guard Zach LaVine is a scoring machine; he’s also a black hole on offense.  The ball goes in to LaVine, and it hardly ever comes out.  The man is also a cypher on defense, which, to his credit, Boylen has called him out on.  As for the other key piece of the rebuild, Lauri Markkanen is seven feet of pure Jello.  Markkanen looked good as a rookie two years ago.  Now, he just looks lost.

The good news is that both Reinsdorfs are reportedly unhappy with the lack of progress shown on the court; finally, father and son appear to be fed up.  Heads will roll, as they should, but that doesn’t mean anything will get better because there seems to be karma at work here.  Those six championship teams led by Michael Jordan were great beyond measure.  Now, the mediocrity (or worse) has to be the same.